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“It is Crucial that Courts Uphold the Rights of Individuals” – 5in10 with Beate Streicher

Beate Streicher is a legal professional with extensive experience in international law, human rights, and advocacy. She is currently serving as a legal advisor on international law at Amnesty International Germany. She is skilled in drafting submissions for legislative processes and international monitoring, with a deep understanding of human rights law and a strong commitment to social justice and equity. Her re:constitution research project (2024/25) examines gender stereotypes in court proceedings and decisions, and her mobility period is being conducted at the Council of Europe Programme Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals.

14. Februar 1625: Ein Rendez-vous am Bodensee

Der Krieg machte keine Pause. Schon mitten im Winter begannen Vorbereitungen für die nächsten militärischen Unternehmungen. Höchste Zeit also auch für einen Kriegsunternehmer, sich von einer der Kriegsparteien beauftragen zu lassen, um ein Regiment aufzustellen. Genau das war bei Pappenheim der Fall, der zum Jahreswechsel einen neuen Auftrag bekam. Zuvor hatte er im Dienst der Liga gestanden, doch im Frühsommer 1624 war sein Regiment abgedankt und er entlassen worden1. Zum Jahresende 1624 gab es das Angebot, in spanische Kriegsdienste zu treten – für Pappenheim … „14. Februar 1625: Ein Rendez-vous am Bodensee“ weiterlesen

Book Launch

Ravi Ahuja: Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century Venue: Juniper Hall, India Habitat Centre

Indian Ocean Symposium

Friday, 21 February 2025 Venue: Juniper Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine – Book review

By Denys Shatalov. The monuments we encounter in a territory tell us not so much about its past as about present ideology. The new study by Mischa Gabowitsch and Mykola Homanyuk, “Monuments and Territory. War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine” explores the fate of war memorials in the Russian-occupied territories during the first year of the ongoing full-scale war. The authors focus on war memorials honouring different eras and conflicts, from the medieval battle of Kalka to the Soviet War in Afghanistan and the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Eastern Ukraine (2014–2022), erected in Soviet times or during Ukrainian independence.

#MWSInterns: Mit Selma am OI Istanbul

Deutsche Studierende geisteswissenschaftlicher und benachbarter Disziplinen können sich auf Praktikumsplätze bewerben, die die Institute der Max Weber Stiftung sowie die Geschäftsstelle in Bonn in unterschiedlichem Umfang anbieten. In der Reihe #MWSInterns stellen wir euch Praktikant*innen und ihre Arbeitsbereiche vor. In dieser Folge nimmt uns Selma Hertz mit zu ihrem Praktikum am Orient-Institut Istanbul.

„Ḥamā lam tamut” (“Hama did not die”) – Remembering the Hama Massacre after the Fall of the Assad Regime

By Anna Christina Scheiter. With the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, the brutal violence with which the regime had held on to power for 54 years came increasingly and overwhelmingly into the public eye. The Hama massacre in February 1982 is a momentous example of this violence. This central and defining event of Assad’s rule, which was a strong taboo for decades and has never been discussed or dealt with publicly, is now openly and freely commemorated for the first time and the victims are mourning on the occasion of its 43rd anniversary in February 2025. Addressing the Assad regime’s atrocities of the last 54 years openly at last and seeking justice for its victims is central for social reconciliation and a basis for the establishment of a new collective identity after the end of the dictatorship.

Disability, Colonialism, and Global History

By Zoe Wineck and Hunadah Al Hariri. The authors start by introducing the field of Global History, explaining its shortcomings regarding epistemic invisibility, and the real-world impact of the field. In the following, they look at how war caused disabilities as a form of colonial subjugation. More specifically, they look at the case of Israel-Palestine and argue that the state of Israel, since its establishment in 1948, has consistently used the maiming of Palestinians as a colonial tool. The history of this practice has been marginalized in historiography but is essential to understanding the conflict today.

4. Februar 1625: Tilly beruft die hessischen Landstände ein

Gemäß der ständestaatlichen Organisation der Territorien oblag es dem Landesherrn, die Landstände zum Landtag einzuberufen. Das jus convocandi lag eindeutig bei der Landesobrigkeit, auch wenn in einigen Territorien die Stände immer wieder versuchten, eigenmächtige Zusammenkünfte als legitim erscheinen zu lassen. Was aber, wenn eine auswärtige Macht die Landstände einberief? Dies war der Fall am 4. Februar 1625, als acht Ritter und Vertreter der Städte Eschwege, Homberg und Rotenburg zu Beratungen in Hersfeld zusammenkamen1. Bereits am 30. Januar hatte Tilly die Landstände von Hessen-Kassel dazu … „4. Februar 1625: Tilly beruft die hessischen Landstände ein“ weiterlesen

Let Us Imagine a Parallel Universe – 5in10 with Zoya Masoud

Zoya Masoud works at the intersection of postcolonial studies, post-foundational urban theory, and critical heritage studies. As of Autumn 2024, she has taken on the role of postdoctoral researcher within the framework of the ERC-funded project “BEYONDREST,” based at the Forum Transregionale Studien. Her current research initiative is titled Irrestitutable: Inquiries into Hauntings of Absent Cultural Heritage. In October 2024, she successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation entitled “Dislocated. Heritage Construction through Experience of Loss in Aleppo” at the Technical University of Berlin within the DFG Research Training Group “Identity and Heritage.”